Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 34,795, Ebenezer Eddy, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Mass.
Eddy, Äbener
S 34795
B.L. Ut. 1022-100
CONTENTS

15 88 ellars 6 2y. F. M. Eldridge. Berley P. 1818
3925
Massachusetts Roll
Benjamin Eddy Capt. Exrs Naps. Line Serjeant
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of Eight Dollars per month, to commence on the 7 th of April 1818 -
Certificate of Pension issued the 26 th of October 1818 and sent to Jonathan Merrill Esq. Judge Greenfield Mass.
  Arrears to 4th of Sep r 1818. Am t . \frac{21}{30}  39:40    Semi-ann. all ce ending 4 th March 1819  40: -    6 years  57:46  
Not { Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
North Franklin Co. Mass.

I Ebenezer Eddy, a Citizen of the United States, now registered in the Town of Heath in the County of Franklin & State of Massachusetts, do hereby declare that I belonged to the Ar- my of the United States in the re- bellious War. In the year 1864 I entered the service, & served in the company com- manded by Capt. John Brown in the Regi- ment of Col. John Bailey, & afterwards in the War, I served un- til the end of it as a Sergeant in the same company which was commanded a part of the time by Capt. Brown, & a part of the time by Capt. Jeremiah Alden, and belonged to the second Massachusetts Regiment which was commanded a part of the time by Col. Bailey before mentioned & a part of the time by Col. Ebenezer Stewart. I served seven years & three months in the whole. And the Discharge which I received is herewith attached. I was seventy seven years old last May. Arise by reason of my reduced circumstances in life. Saw in need of a far lower sum of money for my support - Dated this seventeenth day of April A.D. 1878 - Ebenezer Eddy
State of Massachusetts - Franklin ss. April 17th 1878 - I the above named Ebenezer Eddy make Oath that the foregoing Declaration has been substantially true - Before me Josiah Lunt, Judge of the Court of Common Pleas

I Daniel Prugg one of the Selectmen of the Town of Heath aforesaid testify & say that the before named Ebenezer Eddy is a man of very small property & trusty & timid in need of assistance from his Country for support. Dated the seventh day of April A D 1878
Daniel Prugg
Sworn to the day & year last aforesaid Jonathan L. Larned, Judge of court
To the Secretary of the Department of War
I Mr. Larned, Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for the Western Circuit in the State of Massachusetts, which includes the County of Franklin aforesaid, do hereby certify that from the testimony of said it appears to my satisfaction that the be- fore named Ebenezer Eddy serv- ed in the revolutionary War against the common enemy as he has set forth in his De- claration of said, & that by rea- son of his reduced circum- stances in life he is in need of assistance from his Country for support.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed my seal of the Court aforesaid the seventh day of April A D 1878
Jonathan Larned

3,926
Ebenezer Eddy
Ebenezer Eddy

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
FRANKLIN ss.
At a Special Session of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, for the Western Circuit, began and holden at Greenfield, within and for the County of Franklin, on Monday the tenth day of July, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and twenty, et de die in diem to the fifteenth day of the same month,
PERSONALLY appeared in open Court, being a Court of Record, within and for said County of Franklin, established as such by the Constitution and Laws of said Commonwealth, Ebenezer Eddy aged eighty years, resident in Heath
in said County, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows:
I enlisted during the war and served six years and three months in the 2 d . Massachusetts Regiment commanded by Col. Bailey and Col. Sprout, in Capt. Seth Drew's company.
I made application for a pension before Judge Leavill on the 7 th day of April 1818 and received a certificate numbered 3926, dated the 26 th of October 1818.
I am a farmer and feel the infirmities of four score.
My wife Elizabeth aged sixty four years is all my family.
I justly owe fifty dollars:

and I do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March, 1818 ; and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress, entitled " An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818 ; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts or debts, due to me, nor have I any income, other than what is contained in the Schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed.
Ebenezer Eddy
Sworn to and declared, on the tenth day of July A. D. 1820, before the said Court.
Attest, E. Alvord CLERK.
I ELIJAH ALVORD, Clerk of the aforesaid Court, do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the Schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the records of the said Court ; and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is one hundred ninety eight dollars & sixty two cents and of the said annual income or stipend forty eight dollars and six cents.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this fifteenth day of July, 1820.
E. Alvord CLERK.

Schedule of the estate of Ebenezer Eddy of Heath in the County of Franklin and State of Massachusetts, applicant for a pension under the act of Congress of May 1 st 1820
  4 1/2 Acres of land  54.00  54.00    2 Cows 26.00 - Pig 1.50 - Tea pot & cups, 25  27.75     3 Plates, 12 - Fire irons 1.00 - Bellows, 25  1.37     Pot, 50 - Pail, 17 - Tea kettle, 50 - 4 Chairs, 33  1.50     Drawers, 50 - Table 50 - 2 Hoes 1.00  2.00     Money due to me - $112.00  112.00       148.62  
By an agreement with my son Leonard Eddy I have during my life an annual stipend from him valued as follows
  9 Bushels of Corn 4.50 - 4 1/2 bush. Rye 3.00 - 2 bush Wheat 2.50  10.00    130 ¢ Pork 7.30 - 2 pr. Shoes 3.00 - 2 ¢ Tea 1.00 - 11 3/4 ¢ Flax 1.26  12.56    Cash 4.50 - 4 ¢ Wool 1.67 - 12 ¢ Sugar 1.00 - keeping of cow 8.00  15.87    Fire.wood 8 - 2 ¢ Tallow, 25 - 1 Bl. Cider 1.50 - 2 Pts Rum, 25  10.33    1 Peck Salt .33          48.06  
Ebenezer Eddy

1022
Ebenezer Eddy — private 2 nd Regt. Mass. Line
Warrant ipd Jany 26 th 1822
Hon: Sam l C. Allen

Washington Aug 26. 1822.
I hereby certify that from representations made to me I am satisfied that the within named Ebenezer Dade is the same person he represents himself to be & that he served the United States in the Revolutionary war as he has stated
Sam C Allen M.C.
Ebenezer Dade Esq. 2nd Lieut: Chapm: Arty Apr 18th 1809

18.136
State of Massachusetts } County of Franklin }
I, Ebenezer Eddy
aged eighty one years, a citizen of the United States, do, upon oath, testify and declare, that, in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy seven I enlisted in the army of the Revolution, against the common enemy of my country, for the term of "during the war," and served in the company commanded by Seth Dree and in the regiment No. Second  two under command of Colonel John Bayley of the Massachusetts line; and that I continued in the service aforesaid until the close of the war, in seventeen hundred and eighty-three, when I was regularly discharged from the second regiment, commanded by Colonel
Ebenezer Sprout My discharge is now lost or mislaid, so that I cannot produce it to corroborate the above statement.  was sent in 1878 with my application for a pension to the Sec. of War
I further declare, that I have never received a warrant for the Bounty Land promised to me on the part of the United States; nor have I ever assigned or transferred my claim to that gratuity in any manner whatsoever; therefore, Know all men by these presents, that I, Ebenezer Eddy aforesaid, do hereby constitute and appoint the Hon Samuel C. Allen of the county of Franklin and state of Massachusetts to be my true and lawful attorney, for me and in my name to demand and receive from the Secretary of War of the United States, or of such other person as is duly authorised to issue and deliver the same, a warrant for the quantity of Land due to me as aforesaid, and to sign a receipt or acquittance therefor; and my said attorney is hereby fully authorised and empowered to constitute and appoint one or more substitutes or attorneys under him, for the special purposes above expressed.
Attest,
Ebenezer Eddy
I, _____ aged _____ years, a citizen of the United States, do, upon oath, declare, that I have been long acquainted with _____ who has subscribed the above declaration in my presence, and well know that he is the identical person he therein represents himself to be; and, further, I know that he did perform the military service therein stated.
Attest,
Before me, Elijah Alvord Esq. one of the Justices of the Peace in & for the County of Franklin personally appeared the above named Ebenezer Eddy subscriber to the foregoing declaration, and in my presence acknowledged the power of attorney thereto subjoined to be his free act and deed; and, likewise, personally appeared He is the _____ who hath subscribed the above certificate of identity, both to me well known to be men of respectability and truth, and made solemn oath to the truth of the deposition by them  him  respectively subscribed, this eighteenth day of January 1822
E. Alvord Justice of the Peace.
In testimony that the above written Elijah Alvord was a magistrate authorised to administer oaths, and take acknowledgments, &c. in the state of Massachusetts at the above date, and that his name there subscribed appears to me to be his usual signature, I have hereunto affixed the county seal, and subscribed my name and quality, at Greenfield this eighteenth day of January 1822
E. Alvord C. Clerk, &c.

February 28, 1914.
Mr. Thomas C. Clark, 100 Park Place, Elmira, N. Y.
Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in Revolutionary War pension claim S.34795 it appears that Ebenezer Eddy was born in May 1740. He enlisted in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, in 1776 and served as private and Sergeant in Captains Seth Brew and Judah Alden's Company, Colonel John Bailey and Lieutenant-Colonel Ebenezer Sprout's Second Massachusetts Regiment from which he was discharged June 10, 1783.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 7, 1818, while a resident of Heath, Franklin County, Massachusetts. He died in Northampton County, Massachusetts, about 1829.
In 1820 he referred to his wife, Elizabeth, aged 64 years, and a son, Leonard, age not stated. There is no further data as to family.
Respectfully,
Commissioner.

Rev. C. C. Ward Section.
RS
Feb. 15, 1924.
Dear Sir: In reply to your letter of January 29, 1924, respecting the pension of Ebenezer Tidy,
I have to advise you that the Revolution War Pensions of the Bureau fail to afford information in regard to the Revolutionary War pension of the Revolutionary War soldier of the Revolution named Ebenezer Tidy, and he was a resident of Heath, Mass. when he was granted a pension in 1818.
If you desire certified copies of the original papers in her claim for pension, S. 34795, the same will be furnished you at the rate of fifteen cents per page with twenty-five cents extra for certification if that is desired. The number of pages to be copied is eleven.
The proper amount should be forwarded to this Bureau by money order drawn to the order of the Sec- retary of the Interior.
Respectfully,
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Commissioner.

Pension Bureau Washington D.C.
Please mail me a copy of the "Deposition" of Ebenezer Eddy who applied for a pension from Heath, Mass April 7, 1818. Aet 77 yrs. Do not care for his service record but the deposition may help me to trace our ancestors.
Waterman Eddy was my grandfather and we are anxious to know the name of his father, grandfather.
Have you any other data that will help us?
Any information will be gratefully received.
Enclosed bill please.
Sincerely yours (Dr.) Ermina C. Eddy
666 Park Place Elmira N.Y. Jan. 21 1924

CORNWALL MIDDLEBURY MIDDLEBURY P. D. NO. 4 RIPTON SALISBURY WEYBRIDGE
ADDISON CENTRAL DISTRICT ARTHUR W. EDDY, SUPT. OF SCHOOLS
MIDDLEBURY, VT., Feb. 19. 192 7.
Bureau of Pensions, Washington D.C.
Sir,
Kindly send me photostat copies, certified of original papers of Ebenezer Eldridge's claim for a pension, from Heath, Mass. 1818. S. 34795, as noted in your letter of Feb. 15. Money order enclosed $1. 40
Sincerely, A. W. Eddy.

M 233 BUREAU OF PENSIONS Finance Division
Recd. Mar 24 1924
Chief [Signature] Division.
Sir:
I have this day received from [Signature] No. [Signature] for $ [Signature] , requesting post-office address as per letter herewith.
124 Mar 5- Copies Mailed Div. 10/24 Finance Div. 10/24
Respectfully,
O. J. RANDALL
Chief Finance Div.
Ex. but
M 6
Request for Photostating (To be prepared in duplicate)
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF CLERK
Date Mar 3 1924
Job No. [Blank]
Subject Henry Ladd, Rev. S 34495-
1 copies of 7 pieces consisting of 11 pages to be (No.) (No.) (No.)
forwarded when completed to the [Blank] Division.
Remarks: _____
Approved: _____
McWilliam
Chief Div.
Chief Clerk.

CORNWALL MIDDLEBURY MIDDLEBURY P. D. NO. 4 RIPTON SALISBURY WEYBRIDGE
ADDISON CENTRAL DISTRICT ARTHUR W. EDDY, SUPT. OF SCHOOLS
MIDDLEBURY, VT., Feb. 12, 1924.
Pension Bureau, Washington, D.C.
Sir,
I am trying to trace my genealogy and have a clue that leads to the Pension Office. I am willing to pay for the service involved in copying the whole deposition of one Ebenezer Eddy who applied for a pension about April 1, 1818 from Middle Mass. on account of service in the Revolutionary War having enlisted in 1776. I think this is my ancestor and I wish to trace back of him. There is a possibility however that the one I am interested in is Ebenezer Eddy from Middlesex Mass. If you will send me a complete copy of the deposition of this man, I will gladly pay for the service.
Sincerely,
Arthur W. Eddy

34795 Rec'd INVALID.
File No.
Elizabethton Tenn. Mar 18
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index: Vol. 9, Page 190
[Arrangement of 1950.]
July - 5-1900, Mil. history to P. M. Peterson Governor N.Y.
1/24 Feb. 15 - A. W. Eddy adv. of cost of copies. aw.
1924, Feb. 29 - Hist. to Dr.
Ermina C. Eddy. NM.
1924 Mar. 5. Copies mailed to A. W. Eddy. aw.

570.
E. Eddy. recd. 21 July 1878.
1878 Baltimore Maryland United States Invaded file # 36
recd. 21 July 1878 and to be returned from the same J. S. ... Chas. ...

REVOLUTIONARY CLAIMS.
In Original Language 455
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
August 2, 1828
Ebenezer Eddy, of Heath, in the County of Franklin, in the State of Massachusetts, has applied to the Secretary of the Treasury for the benefits of the act, entitled "An Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution," approved the 15th of May, 1828. He states that he enlisted in the Continental line of the army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued until its termination, at which period he was a Sergeant, in captain Alden's company, in the 2d regiment of the Massachusetts line; and that he received a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars, provided by the resolve of the 15th of May, 1778; and further, that he was not on the 15th day of May, 1828, on the pension list of the United States, and that he has received as a pensioner since the 3d of March, 1826, nothing.
The Third Auditor is requested to report how far the several statements are corroborated by the records in his office.
By order of the Secretary, A. Dickinson,
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
THIRD AUDITOR'S OFFICE.
Aug. 7, 1828
It appears by the records in this office, that a certificate for the reward of eighty dollars has been issued to Ebenezer Eddy in the Mass. Line
It further appears that Ebenezer Eddy is now on the pension list of the agency, and has been so since the 3d of March, 1826, at the rate of dollars per month.
John H. Hayden Secy

Revolutionary Claims.
[ B. ]
Form of a Declaration to be made by the Non-Commissioned Officers, Musicians, and Privates.
For the purpose of obtaining the benefits of the act, entitled "An act for the relief of certain surviving Officers and Soldiers of the Army of the Revolution," approved on the 15th of May, 1828, I, Ebenezer Eddy of Heath in the county of Franklin in the State of Massachusetts do hereby declare, that I enlisted in the Continental Line of the Army of the Revolution, for and during the war, and continued in its service until its termination; at which period, I was a * Sergeant in Captain Ormsby's Company, in the Second Regiment, of the Massachusetts Line. And, I also declare, that I afterwards received certificates for the reward of eighty dollars; to which I was entitled, under a resolve of Congress, passed the 15th of May, 1778.
And I further declare, that I was not, on the fifteenth day of May, 1828, on the Pension List of the United States, nor have I been since 1820, according to my recollection at which time my name was stricken from the Roll
Witness my hand, this 25 th day of June in the year 1828
Ebenezer Eddy
Before me, Ephraim Hastings a Justice of the Peace in the county of Franklin in the State of Massachusetts personally appeared, this day, William Buck and Eli Gould of the said county, who did severally make oath that Ebenezer Eddy by whom the foregoing declaration was subscribed, is generally reputed and believed to have been a soldier in the Army of the Revolution, in manner as therein stated.
Witness my hand, this 25 th day of June in the year 1828
Ephraim Hastings
I, Elijah Alvord Clerk of the Court of the County of Franklin in the State of Massachusetts do hereby certify, that Ephraim Hastings Esq before whom the foregoing affidavits were sworn, was, at the time, a Justice of the Peace for s d county and duly empowered to administer oaths.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, this second day of July A.D. 1828
E. Alvord. Clerk
* Sergeant, Corporal, Musician, or Private, as the case may be.
† The claimant, though not on the pension list on the 15th May, 1828, may have been on the list on or since the 3d of March, 1826, and afterwards stricken off: if so, he will add, and that I have received of the United States, as a pensioner, since the 3d of March, 1826, the sum of _____ dollars, paid to me by the Agent for paying pensions in the State of _____
‡ Here insert a Justice of the Peace, or other Magistrate duly empowered to administer oaths.
§ Justice of the Peace, or otherwise, as the case may be.

Th. Maxwell July 20 1852
Washington D.C.
Wm Gordon Esq. County Bank Office Washington July 17. 1852

Elmira July 13. 1832 N.Y.
Dear Sir
I am requested by one of the heirs of Ebenezer Eddy to enquire whether he has ever had bounty lands assigned to him for Revolutionary services. He entered the Continental service it is said at Plymouth Co. Mass. offered for three years and afterwards enlisted for and served during the war. His heirs allude that he was entitled to Bounty Lands but never received any, and state that he died about 3 years since in Northampton County. Mass. Any information you may give me on this subject will confer a favour.
Very Respectful
Your obedient
J. H. Maxwell
Wm Gordon Esq (answer)
Dep t of War Bounty Land Office July 20 th 1832
J. H. Maxwell Esq
Elmira - N. York. Sir, In reply to yours of the 13 th inst.
I have to inform you that, Land Warr t No. 4022 for 100 acres issued on the 26 th Jany 1822 in the name of Ebenezer Eddy a Private of Mass ts line, and the only Soldier of that name and line returned on the records of that line, as being entitled to bounty land from the U. States - the Warr t in question was delivered to the Hon ble S. C. Allen -
Yrs &c
Wm Gordon

Ebenezer Eddy Sargt
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